Originally Posted by
Xwindldg
I agree it's good to get a win over the company but those NZ guys had the chance to sign over but they didn't and agreed to leave at 55 as per the original contract. Now they've been given permission to break that contract and it will probably f### anyone else wanting a base.
I don't see it as a win over the company. It is simply applying the law of the land. There are costs and benefits to the company as far as bases are concerned.
If they can't compete on the same basis as the local legacy carriers sobeit.
As I mentioned in a previous post virgin and ba salaries for senior pilots are comparable with cx and all the expat benefits have been removed from based crews. So it's "a level playing field" re crew costs.
If that's not workable it would be a pretty sorry result.